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Ultramarine

Faber-Castell Polychromos Earth & Skin cool

Faber-Castell Polychromos P120 Ultramarine is a light vivid blue colored pencil in the Earth & Skin family. It sits in the lighter value range, making it well-suited for pale sky, light water, cloudy sky. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Earth & Skin family Cool temperature 69% lightness
Pale skyLight waterCloudy skySoft atmosphereDaylight haze
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Ultramarine
Color Family
Earth & Skin
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
69%
Saturation
87%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Computed lighter and darker shades from the displayed swatches. Test them on your paper before blending.

Shadow Side
P246
Prussian Blue Perceptual L63%
P144
Cobalt Blue-Greenish Perceptual L69%
Current Marker
P120
Ultramarine Perceptual L71%
Highlight Side
P146
Sky Blue Perceptual L73%
P151
Helioblue-Reddish Perceptual L73%

Works Well With

Highlights
P186
Terracotta
+12 lightness
P252
Copper
+12 lightness
P187
Burnt Ochre
+13 lightness
P189
Cinnamon
+18 lightness
Shadows
P175
Dark Sepia
-38 lightness
Analogous Colors
P144
Cobalt Blue-Greenish
15° hue shift
P251
Silver
16° hue shift
P110
Phthalo Blue
17° hue shift
P152
Middle Phthalo Blue
18° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

P113
Orange Glaze
opposite hue
P187
Burnt Ochre
opposite hue
P180
Raw Umber
opposite hue
P182
Brown Ochre
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where P120 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🧺 Laundromat
Tube-lit blue at 11 p.m., dryers tumbling behind a row of orange plastic chairs nobody is in.
Environment
🕊 Sunday Garden Stillness
Sage and powder sky over wet grass before anyone in the house is awake.
Emotional
🎨 Watercolor Airy
Botanical study left to dry on cold-press paper; pigment pooling at the edges and the rest fading to white.
Art Style
🏪 Fluorescent Store
Drugstore tubes humming at 3 a.m.; every face the color of nausea.
Lighting
📺 Dreamcore Static
Yellow-green hallway extending past where memory ends; the carpet doesn't repeat and the doors are all wrong.
Emotional
🏬 Empty Mall Atrium
Skylight bleaching the marble at 10am on a Tuesday; no one is here and it feels like a test.
Emotional
❄ Cool Winter Skin
Pink-cast fair with blue-steel shadow — high contrast, crisp edges, nothing apologetic about it.
Skin Tones
🧊 Glacier Heart
High-key ice and crystalline blue-white — power and isolation rendered in pure cold light.
Princesses

Similar Colors in Earth & Skin

P140
Light Ultramarine
pale vivid blue
#A1CEF9
P121
Pale Geranium Lake
pale vivid red
#F98C9A
P142
Madder
light pink
#E26586
P169
Caput Mortuum
light red
#BF817E
P131
Coral
pale vivid red
#FA8C8D
P188
Sanguine
light vivid orange
#F9A97A
P184
Dark Naples Ochre
pale vivid yellow
#FFF785
P182
Brown Ochre
light vivid orange
#F2C47B

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